Stories tagged with: eighteen days to the massacre

Muskingum County residents will never forget the day Terry Thompson released his exotic animals which caused a local panic.

A book written about that fateful day, Eighteen Days to the Massacre, was published this past December by Thompson's friend and animal caretaker John Moore. Later this month a public discussion about the book will be held. The story follows Moore and Thompson during the final days leading up to the events of October 18th, when exotic animals were let...